Spain’s World Cup champions celebrated with custom Oakley Meta glasses
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AI glasses on the faces of World Cup champions turn a niche gadget into a cultural object. For brands, sports and entertainment partnerships are quickly becoming the fastest way to normalize wearables that will soon be everyday computing surfaces.
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